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A leaked CDC/FEMA draft plan tries to triage mitigation efforts, commodifies immunity without testing, and attempts to divert attention from Trump’s missteps. In the interim, swab and PPE shortages may be contributing … Read More
Had Trump acted during his “lost month” 90% of US deaths could have been prevented. New epidemiology estimates that 90% of US death could have been prevented by just acting … Read More
…Fear will keep the local systems in line.” By his own admission, Trump is always fighting someone on behalf of Americans — Congress, scientists, courts, foreign countries, Democrats, even his … Read More
LIVE BLOG below (presser likely will start 30-45 minutes late*) 5:00* 6:15 PM EDT Members of the Coronavirus Task Force Hold a Press Briefing at The White House (in the Rose Garden) … Read More
LIVE BLOG below (presser likely will start 30-45 minutes late*) 5:00* 6:15 PM EDT Members of the Coronavirus Task Force Hold a Press Briefing at The White House (in the Rose Garden) … Read More
Trump’s Al Haig moment came yesterday. Wound-up tight, he was. Sometimes we don’t know WTF he’s saying, like “the Democrats were ‘artificially stopped’ by COVID-19”, but yesterday the unhingery got real. … Read More
Today’s COVID taskforce presser was the most obvious manipulation of the event as a propaganda show in service of the Trump election campaign. Trump tried to rewrite history much like … Read More
Live Blog below — it likely won’t start on time, pretty much the symbol of the WH. Today had 45 minutes of what likely will be peak Trumpiness, as Trump showed a campaign … Read More
Will Trump fire Dr. Fauci this week. More importantly will Trump even acknowledge the death toll other than saying “it’s a bad week” and babble some happy talk. He will … Read More
Trump has never wavered from a belief that denial is his best COVID-19 policy as his indecisiveness born of insecurity around experts drives the White House dysfunctional chaos. His inability … Read More
Aside from sinophobia rather than russophobia, The NY Times has documented more of the details for the 70-days of denial/delay/dysfunction in the Trump White House. Aside from the framing of … Read More
Even without a daily COVID taskforce briefing, we’re not starving for incompetent discourse on Easter weekend. First Trump attacks the MSM hobbyhorse yet again with the usual logical fallacy about … Read More
Trump is barely conscious of the need for COVID-19 testing because he knows that more accurate data tanks his re-election. By displacing the activity to the states, he can attempt to … Read More
I spoke to my brother this morning by phone because he is currently recovering from COVID-19 related pneumonia and I cannot visit him. My nephew is in the last four … Read More
Trump is implying he’s saved millions of lives since the death toll won’t be 2.2 million and is so willing to restart the economy that he claims that “Staying at … Read More
Trump is implying he’s saved millions of lives since the death toll won’t be 2.2 million and is so willing to restart the economy that he claims that “staying at … Read More
.Trump is trying to loosen constraints by May 1 and is willing to kill more people, saying “staying at home id death” Trump really wants a second wave of COVID-19 to … Read More
Exploiting 70 days of denial, dysfunction, and distressed property. I said about a month ago that by the end of this, there would be mass graves in America. They’re already … Read More
The Trump hoards hungry for Trump twitter nonsense got bombarded with over 20 retweets this evening as Trump’s last pre-briefing tweet touted his ratings. Bad Barnum will have more animal … Read More
In the midst of the current sinophobia and Trump’s claims of “shutting it down”, apparently European travel made the NYC spread worse: New research indicates that the coronavirus began to … Read More
Today’s Trump presser had a couple of lies today, which seems normal as he’s become rehearsed with his excuses and his usual projection. However he’s continuing to attack the WHO … Read More
COVID-19 is not like the seasonal flu, among other things. The above chart should end all comments about it being “just like the flu”. Remember that 0.6% of the US population … Read More
Today’s COVID presser approached a high point in propaganda content: x “That's one million eight hundred and seventy thousand million tests.” pic.twitter.com/AKxe9h3vVI— Matt Rogers (@Politidope) April 7, 2020 Example of … Read More
2020 will again be about margins in marginal areas. x Here is Trump's approval rating in each of the 50 states converted into Electoral College format, via @Civiqs. https://t.co/I9N8fmN4KT pic.twitter.com/VvtJjC8NzT— … Read More
Live Blog below 5:00 PM EDT Members of the Coronavirus Task Force Hold a Press Briefing x READ: White House trade adviser Peter Navarro's memos to President Trump on the coronavirus … Read More
But Trump is all about the necessity of hurting people. His cruelty and sado-populism continue to manifest themselves during this pandemic as he continues to tout corporations as the only … Read More
Live Blog below. (Why yes, doing this is getting tiring, and I may give it up soon if only because the lies and campaign talking points are increasing. My interest … Read More
Only in the Trump administration can you have a non-economist like Larry Kudlow give economic advice and an economist dispense medical advice. Then again, having Peter Navarro give Trump advice on … Read More
It's almost like the United States has no President – we are a rudderless ship heading for a major disaster. Good luck everyone! — Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) March … Read More
Yesterday’s presser was quite something, what with miracle cures, Trump freaking out as the press starts asking questions about the 70-day delay, and Fauci not telling Trump to stuff it. … Read More
Live blog below Takeaway: Apparently “Right to Try” is like “Right to Work” in not actually being about reality. Members of the Coronavirus Task Force Hold a Press Briefing “A … Read More
Arizona still has golf courses open because they are “essential businesses” as Trump yesterday stated that he’d like Easter services to take place, albeit outside. Trump does seem under the … Read More
The last surviving prosecutor at Nuremberg trials said Trump's family separation policy is a 'crime against humanity'. Then there’s this COVID pandemic, made worse by the Trump administration’s delay, denial, and dysfunction. • US arcing up … Read More
The nation is now reaping the consequences of the Trump regime’s massive inaction and ignorance in the face of actual warnings, mechanisms, and planning initiatives. By the time Donald Trump proclaimed … Read More
New Trump Covid-19 taskforce briefing It started early today, as it tends to on Saturdays, Sunday will likely start later. x Wow Trump, who says he tested negative for virus … Read More
The lingering insult considering the number of fatalities is the willingness of people to capitalize on the necessity of PPEs. The biggest insult is Trump assuming that profit always trumps … Read More
More stories of mask-wearing and not mask-wearing. Detroit bus driver dies of Covid-19 weeks after complaining of passenger's cough. x Heartbreaking.Jason Hargrove was behind the wheel of a bus in … Read More
Arsonist as firefighter. x Now T's winding up to do the main thing he's here for, his focus for 3 days: to re-define 100K deaths as an amazing accomplishment he … Read More
National thirty day stay-at-home order, even if Trump’s too cowardly to declare it as a policy. x One takeaway from Jared Kushner briefing: we did not start active response phase … Read More
Live Blog below COVID Taskforce briefing Livestream (5pm) x If @presssec tries to override the @whca decision, then its members should boycott the briefing and refuse to broadcast it. They can … Read More
More examples of governmental incompetence, pairing Trump and a Trumpist governor in Florida. At least there aren’t trains trying to collide with the cruise ships. When Andrea Anderson and her husband boarded … Read More
x Alabama – Ivey (R)Arkansas – Hutchinson (R)Iowa — Reynolds (R)Missouri — Parson (R)Nebraska — Ricketts (R)North Dakota — Burgum (R)Oklahoma — Stitt (R)South Carolina — McMaster (R)South Dakota — … Read More
Live Blog below WH Press Briefing 5pm ET Trump has extended the range of what counts as having “done a good job” from 100k deaths to a range of 100-200k. … Read More
In the wake of the firing of Fox News business host Trish Regan, who labeled the coronavirus an “impeachment scam,” it reminds me more every day of Republican hypocrisy. From … Read More
Trumpian incompetence continues with number-rigging, even as actual facts get presented by scientists. In today’s presser, he worked in campaign rally rhetoric including softball answers about his impeachment in order to attack Democrats. x … Read More
Trump Presser / Campaign rally substitute. Live Blog below x Pres Trump at WH says Dr. Fauci & Dr. Birx will be going over data & models about the coronavirus … Read More
Trump continues to push his disinformation, aside from not knowing how big Seoul is. And still there’s no national stay-at-home order 160,000+ US cases, 3,000+ deaths with aggregated testing claims versus … Read More
The Trumpian disinformation machine lost a month and now recalibrates death toll expectations in the last two pressers. President Tiger King’s reelection can only happen with a recovering economy and … Read More
LIVE BLOG below Event lasted about one hour Every circus has its clowns and yet only one ringmaster. I wanted the CBS reporter to play into the microphone the tape of Trump … Read More
So the latest spin explaining the delays and inaction are a half-baked notion of herd immunity that had a high death toll which Trump was willing to accept. x The … Read More
